Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson invokes KKK, slavery during Jan. 6 hearing opening statement
Posted on 07/03/2022 10:17:06 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
It took just minutes for Democratic Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson to invoke the Ku Klux Klan, slavery and lynching during Thursday’s opening statements of the Jan. 6 hearings.
Committee chairman Thompson delivered the opening statement of the hearings investigating the Jan. 6 riot.
“I am from a part of the country where people justified the actions of slavery, the Ku Klux Klan and lynching,” Thompson said. “I’m reminded of that dark history as I hear voices today try and justify the actions of the insurrectionists on January 6th, 2021.”
“All of us have one thing in common: we swore the same oath,” Thompson continued. “The same oath that all Members of Congress take upon taking office and afterward every two years if they are reelected. We swore an oath to defend the Constitution, against all enemies: foreign and domestic.”
“The words of the current oath taken by all of us — that nearly every United States Government employee takes — have their roots in the Civil War,” he said.
Thompson noted how the 1814 burning of the Capitol was due to foreign enemies, but then explained that after the South seceded from the Union, “Congress adopted a new oath to help make sure no person who had supported the rebellion could hold a position of public trust. Therefore, congresspersons and U.S. Federal Government employees were required for the first time to swear an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies — foreign and domestic.”
“That oath was put to the test on January 6, 2021.” (RELATED: BANKS, JORDAN, NEHLS, ARMSTRONG, And DAVIS: Don’t Fall For Nancy Pelosi’s Elaborate January 6th Coverup)
The committee has subpoenaed more than 100 individuals, interviewed nearly 1,000 witnesses and has roughly 100,000 pages of evidence.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi barred Republican Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Jim Banks of Indiana from serving on the committee. Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger were permitted to serve on the committee.
The committee told Politico they want viewers to be outraged about the incident going into 2024. The committee reportedly said they hope its presentation will stoke the same anger Americans felt on Jan. 6 now and convince them that the issue has only become worse and still threatens the 2024 election.
Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson invokes KKK, slavery during Jan. 6 hearing opening statement
One would think the party of slavery with the KKK as their terrorist group wouldn’t want to bring their history up.
““I am from a part of the country where people justified the actions of slavery, the Ku Klux Klan and lynching,” Thompson said. “
Did anyone ever tell you that those people were Democrats?
Representative Thompson, which party worked to free the slaves? Which party was the KKK in support of? Were many Republicans part of lynch mobs? Why, sir, are you a democrat?
Thompson is invoking DNC policy?
The extent of the lies, projection and hyperbole from jackasses like this racist POS has exceeded the limits of credulity.
These are the same people who enable modern-day slavery and modern-day National Socialists.
Hopefully Matt’s loved ones will address those who tortured him.
This guy wouldn’t know the Constitution if it smacked him in his ugly face.
Please ask him to list which members of Congress were sold into slavery on January 6th.
To answer the questioner’s question, no one is going to help them. According to the press releases, Local Law Enforcement whish is worshiped over Almighty God on Free Republic assisted in their apprehension and would have helped kill them if necessary. But no one is coming to their rescue. They are on their own. Now if he had been a member of ANTIFA or BLM he would have been home free. And the authorities, including members of the Republican and Democrat Parties are aware of this. In fact, no less than the Pride of South Carolina Republicans said they should have been killed. And the Republican voters of South Carolina overwhelming approved of his statement.
kkk A democratic run organization.
When is someone going to help the J6ERS?
The irony, a Black Leftist going to the CRT White racist Constitution of
the United States to make a point about Slavery, Jim Crow and…
Did someone send record this? (Probably here but REALLY?)
LMAO
They are not.
Look it up. The ignorant SOB said KLU Klux Klan, not Ku Klux Klan. 🙄
The Democrat cray party is the party of rebellion, slavery , and Jim Crow. Why do they continue to ignore that?
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